Photo Coverage: Don't Quit Your Night Job 2008/01/18

Don't Quit Your Night Job, the critically acclaimed comedy variety show featuring a revolving cast of Broadway's brightest performing without a net, kicked off the new year at their monthly home The Zipper Factory (336 West 37th Street, between 8th & 9th Avenues) on Thursday, January 17 at 11:30PM. Proceeds benefited Wendy Wasserstein's TDF/Open Doors program.

Don't Quit Your Night Job is where Broadway goes to let its hair down. The late night happening of improv, music, sketches and stories was created by its stars: industry main stays Steve Rosen (The Farnsworth Invention, Spamalot), David Rossmer (Fiddler on the Roof, Titanic), Sarah Saltzberg (The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee) and music director Dan Lipton (The Coast of Utopia).

The January 17 performance featured special guests Derrick Baskin (The Little Mermaid), Asmeret Ghebremichael (Legally Blonde), Jeff Hiller (MTV's "Boiling Points"), Norm Lewis (The Little Mermaid), J. Elaine Marcos (A Chorus Line), Tony-nominated director Jason Moore (Avenue Q), Maurice Murphy (Spelling Bee), Tony-winner Bebe Neuwirth (Chicago), Anthony Rapp (Rent), Greg Reuter (Spamalot) and Jennifer Simard (Spelling Bee). Plus musical guests The Petersons, featuring Keira Naughton (Hunting and Gathering), Matthew Saldivar (Grease) and Adam Stein (The Lion King) with Damien Bassman on drums.